Court forces 17 year old to take Chemo treatments against her will

Guess her mom either wants her dead or will get to live with the guilt she killed her own kid essentially. Assuming she actually gets to stop the chemo.

Her mother apparently has a "mistrust" of physicians, and considering her stance on chemo, calling it "toxins" and "poison", it sounds like she is trying to fix it with alternative medicine (or prayer), hence her insistence that she won't die.

One of two things could be happening here. She could actually view it as poison, in which case, I don't disagree, chemo not only didn't work with my grandfather at all but it also made his last few months a living hell instead of just letting him die happily and in good overall health aside from the cancer. Or, she could actually be suicidal, in which case, I still think they should respect her wishes, forcing someone to live when they want to die is a terrible thing to do to a person, especially if she is essentially an adult already; a couple months doesn't make any difference biologically.

In both cases, pineapple the court.

Sad to hear about your grandfather, but it's a bit different here, apparently she has at least 2 years left if she doesn't get treatment, but 80-85% is more than a good enough chance to try it, especially at her young age. It sounds like your grandfather was dying anyway without much chance of a cure, so the situations are much different.

Also she isn't suicidal, she wants to live, but she believes (probably due to her mother) that chemo is not what she wants, she and her mother 100% believe that she is going to survive the cancer without chemo, despite doctors telling her she won't.

Also her mother didn't take her to doctors appointments and such, and so got custody taken away from her for being a neglectful parent.

I actually completely agree with the courts here, neither of them are in a sound mind to make this decision. If they were, it would be different.